Designing for video game complexity
Video game designers have a challenge trying to wrangle inherently complex games, so let's look at some of the ways they make things comprehensible to players.
Review: Build a 1930s New York media empire in 'News Tower'
What was the media business like in the 1930s? Simply put: everything revolved around the newspaper. News was printed on paper, sold at news stands or delivered by paperboys on city streets.
Russia recruited South Africans for its war using a gaming app
Russia targeted South African video gamers as part of a recruitment drive for its war in Ukraine, according to documents involving two men who left to fight.
Los Angeles school blocks TikTok and 'Clash Royale' on student phones. How's that going down?
Students in grades 10 through 12 must install a custom-programmed app called Opal that blocks a list of social media and gaming apps that Harvard-Westlake educators have identified for now as scofflaws during school hours: TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat, X, Discord, Threads, Pokémon Go, Roblox, Clash Royale and Reddit.
Top 10 video games of 2025: Indie titles dominate a year overshadowed by AI
When it comes to video games, players abhor AI.
A gaming tour de force that is very, very French
Without a blockbuster budget or much experience, the creators of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 astounded the industry with an emotional narrative and old-school design.
‘Marvel Cosmic Invasion’ revives an arcade beat-’em-up experience
Gamers of a certain age will remember when beat-'em-ups ruled arcades. The cabinets inhaled quarters as four players teamed up to brawl their way to save Maggie Simpson or battle Shredder across New York.
An ecological tale gives life to Metroid Prime 4
A slow start is overcome while learning about an extinct alien race that welcomed a savior.
Vince Zampella, formative designer of 'Call of Duty' games, dies at 55
Zampella was instrumental in the development of the most popular first-person military shooter games, including this year's Battlefield 6, a Call of Duty competitor.
A skateboarding demon’s grinding, gratifying quest
The solo developer behind Skate Story pitched his underworld trek to publishers as Tony Hawk's Journey Dark Souls.
